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I think you are confusing two things...MLU and star falcon upgrade that I explained in my previous post (see above). The existing PAF F-16s will recieve both upgrades , structural (star falcon upgrade) and MLU (technology upgrade) to extend their lives and bring them up to blk 50 standard...

MLU (mid-life upgrade) is a program to introduce advance techonology into older F-16s. That is converting F-16 to blk 40 (MLU-3) or blk 50 (MLU-4). Falcon Star upgrade is another upgrade but that has to do with structural upgrade i.e. replace parts that have lived their lives, and service...

PAF will get the new blk 52 and MLUs (hopefully) by 2010-11...so its not waiting another 5 yrs. MMRCA wont enter service before 2013-15 by which time FC-20 would be around. Tejas (if they are any worth) wont be entering service anytime soon either. Their Mirages haven't got the updates as...

All these pics coutesy of Xinhui from CDF

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Somewhere, somehow I have the feeling that the date 2014-15 indicates that PAF will not go for western avionics and certainly not a western engine for the FC-20. If you recall the interview ex-ACM gave at IDEAS 2008 about FC-20, he said: " we have told them exactly what kind of avionics we...

The FC-20 (improved J-10) will be acquired around 2014-15. It seems like the earlier J-10 purchase, as reported earlier by some people, is not happening. SO currently, it is 2014-15 for FC-20 as was mentioned on the day of signing of the first 42 JF-17 planes by the ACM.

^^ thats clearly fake, we have a picture of the single seat exactly on that spot

Reuters has it, Wall street Journal has it , France24 has it as do many other papers. I don't think these would be talking on made-up stuff. UPDATE 1-France's Dassault out of India fighter deal | Industries | Industrials, Materials & Utilities | Reuters EuroInvestor.co.uk - France's...

I don't think finding spares/servicing would be a problem. Look at the attached image, there are authorized centers in China/UAE and Embraer owned service centers in France and Spain. Complete details and specifications on the Phenom 100 can be found here Embraer Executive Jets

Embraer delivered the first Phenom 100 jet to Pakistan’s Air Force. The Pakistan government has acquired four of this aircraft model, which will be used to transport government officials of that country. This is the first Embraer aircraft delivered to a customer in Pakistan, and it is...

Add to that intelligence! Its highly unlikely that planes would be popping out from where they aren't expected. In other words, intelligence should give you a good idea of where each of these planes would be so you know where and how to focus you attention.

Northrop Grumman Conducts Successful First Flight of New Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) LINTHICUM, Md. - Nov. 18, 2008 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully conducted the first demonstration flight of the company’s newest Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA)...

Can you imagine the unit cost of JF-17 with those french systems you have mentioned? and that too for a nation that is getting the cheaper chinese ones with a loan? We seriously need to improve our economy if we want to get anything half decent because at the end, its a money game...you pay...

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that development...so whats the latest? has it been fitted on any F-16?

I think that is not possible...to accommodate an AESA radar, you need some basic changes...like the one done on the nose of the BLK 60

There's a saying "Don't try to run faster than your shadow". The JF-17 is a totally new platform and PAF and PAC are new entrants into aircraft development. The most important thing is to take the time and mature what you have in hand....it still needs IFR, weapons integration, EW suite, start...